Improvement in baggage-checks



i. H.y SOHUYLER RSSOF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSI'GNOR TO CHARLES G.

Ross, on. Naw YORK CITY.

Leterslatent No.,78,391i, dated Ilfag/ 26, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAGGAGE-CHEG-KS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, H. SCHUYLER Ross, of the .city of Buialofoounty ofErie, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Baggage orExpress-Check, and mode of pointing out the destination and place ofdeparture of any baggage,vparcel, or package, to be transported from onelplace to'another; and I do hereby declare that the following is a clearvand exact descriptionor" the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of thisspecitication, in which Figure l is afront elevation of my invention,

Figure 2 is a. side elevation of the same, f

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the same,

Figure 4 isan Vend and side view of a part of my invention, and

Figures 5, 6, and 7 are modications'of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. j v

The nature of my invention consistsin providing aplate, with all or apart of the names of any desired route or road engraved or stamped upon'the same, in two or more columns, either consecutively oralphabetically, using one or both sides of such plate for the same, and,further, in punching or drilling, at or opposite each name on saidplate, holes` or bevelled slots.

My invention further consists in providing indexes or pointers, withsuitable projections or lugs upon the same, which will engage or securesuch pointer or index tothe said plate or check, by means of theaforesaid slots or holes; one ofthe said indcxes'or pointers, when scsecured, pointing directly to or at a name or station to which thebaggage oi-.parcel is to besent, and the second or smaller pointerpointing away from the name or station'from which such baggage wassentor departed from; thus showing at once, not only the place ofdestination ot` any baggage or parcel,'but also the place from whence itcame.

The aforesaid pointers or indexes being so constructed that they cannotbe detached from such plate by rough usage or handling, but easilyremoved hya p'erson instructed in the manner of doing so.

My invention further consists in so arranging the names of the stations,in columns, that any pointer orl index will not interfere with or whollycover any naine on said plate, when in its proper position.

The check or plate is to be attached to the baggage or parcel by meansof a strap passed .through a slot in said cheek or plate, as is usualwith cheelrs in present use, or att-ached in any other desired manner.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to .describe its construeL tion and operation. i

The check A consists of a dat plate of metal, or other suitablematerial, andthe names or stations are stamped or engraved upon itinrows or columns, usingl both sides if necessary, and the names soarranged in .relation to`each other, that no name in one column shall bein line with any of the opposing'column, as shown.

Opposite each name are cut two slots, a' a, with bevelled edges, suchslots to be the same distance from each other as the length of spaceallotted to each name.- l

The number (1l) of the check or plate is engraved or stamped at the-bottorn of such cheek, as shown in iig. 1, and a smallpoeket-chcclg'with the number (V11) engraved or stamped upon it, is tobe given to the person desiring his baggage to be transported.. l

1lhe pointers or indicators B and C are constructed of metal or othersuitable material, each of diiferent shape or form, the largest ofwhich, C, is to indicate or point to a naine, and the smaller one, B,topoint away from a name or station on said plate. v

The indicators or pointers are attached to and removed from said plateor check A bymeans oftwo projections, O and S, on the under sides ofthesame, in eombinationwith the bevelled slots ,a a of the plate or check-A. The said projections are the same distance asunder as the said holesor slots a a', the projection O having a bevelled ilanged head, as Showni iig. il, and thc projection S being simply a point or shortlug at theend oi' said indicator or pointer. i

The pointers B and C- are attached to the plate A, by rst entering theflanged head O'into the slot desired, and then turning the pointer untilthe projection S enters thel opposing slot.

I- do not oonne myself to the particular construction of the pointersdescribed, as their construction can be easily modified, as in fig. 5,'in whiohthe pointer. is o. bent or U-shaped strip of metal, with a'hook, S, at its end. This pointer can be slipped on the check, as shown,the checkheing provided with projections, V V, at its edge, and holes, da', at or near the centre, to retain the pointer rC in'position.

Fig. 6 shows another modication of the pointer B, which being slightly'curved, as shown, and having a T-shaped head, O, beneath and near thecentre of the sain-e, and at right ongles, it can be inserted in slota,-

pressed down, turned at right nngleswith its rst position, when it ivillbe retained properly in-place; or instead of o, T-hend on the projectionO, it can have a thread` cut upon the same, and a hole with threadlsubstituted for the slota, when the p ointers projection, O, can bescrewed into the said hole until the Ahead or pointer hears l upon thesurface ofl the plate or check:

Fig. 7 is another modieation', the slot a haring another slot, f, atright angles to itself, and 1t its end. The head of projection O can beinserted inthe slotf, and the pointer B pushed until its point S entersthe opposing slot a. i Y

Whatl claim, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, is

1. The combination of a. baggage-check, cont-:Lining many nonies andperforations, with a separate :md detachable pointer or indicator,substantially es 'herei'n spcciiied.

2. Adetachohle metallic index or pointer, so constructed as toseeurelyretains. given position upon a baggage-check, containingmany names andperfor-ations, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

` v ILISGHUYLER Ross.

liiitnesses';V f.

JOHN J. CRUISE, M. M. LIVINGSTON.'

